The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
THE MARRIAGE MARKET.
a French Modiste Who Synpathi2es
With Prospective Husbands.
From the lyer YORK. Eveai,lg sun.


From the Neln Yorl Eveahg sun.
so sorry for Eat man; such nice man.
laid a French modiste as she looked out of
her windows near Fifth avenue. She was
Ipeaking 10 a journalist who had merely
cropped in TO tell her to hurry up that vel
vet spring robe for his wife. She pointed
20 a sllbduad-looking, well-dressed broker
With military bearing, on his way down
own.
"What makes you so sorry for him. Bet
ter be sorry for me, with that bill of yours
to pay
She laughed and replied: s'Ze case is not
ee same, monsieur Youdd marry one splen-
did girl He too. But, monsieur, you get
re love and ze flesh and newell, monsieur,
be get ze money and ze bones And he sick
70 sick, of hees bargain. haf one nice
leetle story about zat friend Of mine, but l
10 fraid YOU put it in re paper. No. BEN;
ten here it ees:
1.-TWO year ago hat order to prepare one
grand trosseau for Nile H. Of Murray Hill
Money. Oh, oui; plenty NOME. Family
VARY rich. no ASA about re gentleman,
but | go ahead and I'LL ont ze ladye-you
understand, monsieur. Put re cotton where
se flesh ought to be, and make one lovely
Venus out OF zs bones.
'Eh, bienl Zen come re grand wedding,
Dig crowd at 2s church, and re trip to
France-la belle Francer And she clapped
her hands in reminiscent glee. Zen zav
rorne back, and Major N u will not tell
1ou hees name complete he did call to see
ne. He look bad--not chic and bright like
fe young married man Zen he say to me:
Madame, you hat made of me one grand
fool-you and re miristere. But eet was
beeziness and | swallow ze pill I hat youth
"a flol,le, and skeleton wife. Ees il not sad I,
hal many friends who think to marry
out gay fear gay not get re goods gay want
10ufhaf one fine beeZIneSs wild ze riches of
inademoiselles and re widows / will make
gou very rich eef you do do what | zay.'
zfss'So ask, What you hat to propose,
monsieur
Only ices, madame he saw. 4 am one
beeziness man. Everything must be done
on beeziness principles. Fiery man wants
ze goods Eat he buy and pays hees monte for
Feet re trade ees not fafre Love is cheated
and he fly away So now. Ven re made
moiselles come for toilets, YOU take re reel
measurement and zen you take zee false one.
Haf I rightr
sob, oui, monsieur,
80 he gay, Now to beezness. will
olnb form of feefty gentlemen. Zay will
pay you two huntert tollar apiece, and ven
ay want diagram of re reel madenoi-
selle, you geev 2em re truth. Vat you zayN
''Sacre bleu,' continued the excited
q. madame to the reporter, Il do tell re gentle
han Eat eef be talk big monte like Eat, he
MAKE my hair to turn gray in one night,
;fl1s<e Marie Antoinette's But, she added in
- htwitching whisper 81 did make zee con-
1fAct, and | am one reech woman. Ven re
EIub membranes send for diagrams of ze
diademoiselles, ! furneesh zem, and zey
z h1n8y pay me extra monte. Eef re goods
ire genuine, zen eet is worth two hundret
sollaire TO be sure; eef gay are sham, zen
set ees worth Ze same dollaire to be warned.
Gees ees one lone-life job. But come ices
way, and | will show you what Gen. Che
very funny man--do call my bone-yardn
Here the chirpy Madame put warning
finger to her lips and leading the way
through the bric-a-brac and past the tapes
tries and her busy assistants stopped before
cosy back room, TO which she carried the
Dnly key. In the right corner was a
mahogany case, about five feet high and
Ehree feet wide filed with a series of slender
drawers, alphabetically arranged Here, in
this ghostly charnel house, she had pre-
served the actual bust, arm and hip meas
urements Of hundred or more fashionable
oelles Of New York
mo, no, monsieur; excuse moi. You
canpot open re drawer and see re names.
NOT efen a club membaire could do zat
Only can he get ne measurement he need for
matrimonial guide Eat is left to re gen
nemen's honor"
Rather a risky business madame, the
reporter said st would ruin your trade if
anyone discovered the use you made of your
boneyard.
"Certainlee, monsieur Eef re great Sc
eret get out | haf protection in ze monte
nat in bank Zen go quick away and leef
10 France some more. But let me tell you,
monsieur, Eat hat great competition in ~
balls and re opera. Icy do hurt some my
beeziDess. So low do ne ladies cut zeir
dresses zat re gentlemen can for re price of
bne opsra teeket find out vat / would ZEN
charge two hundret dollaire for. Perhap re
lime come in one or two year, between ne
opera and the seashore zat ze gentlemen all
eave my club. Eet would not pay zemn
''Do any foreign gentlemen, any Italian
counts or German barons belong to the club,
uadame"
'Parbleu, what question, monsieur Zey
hat not objection to hymenial bones, eef zey
are only gold plated and zen, how zey evaire
pay 10 Zee TO belong"
A French Love Powder.